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peer-to-peer healthcare

Crowd-diagnosing STDs on Reddit

January 27, 2020 By Susannah Fox 20 Comments

Questions marks painted on pavement

Reddit is a massive Petri dish of human conversation, rife with peer-to-peer health encounters, so I was thrilled when Jane Sarasohn-Kahn alerted me to this article: “People Are Flocking to the Internet to Crowdsource Their STD Diagnosis—Yes, Really.” It focuses on a subreddit (aka online community) devoted to sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs). Kudos to Parade for […]

Filed Under: peer-to-peer health care Tagged With: jama, peer-to-peer healthcare, sexual health, STIs

Mystery solved. Again.

January 7, 2020 By Susannah Fox 13 Comments

A man sits alone in a lifeboat saying to himself, "I feel so alone. There's no one out there like me."

Friends, I have yet another so-extraordinary-it’s-ordinary story of peer-to-peer health care to share. Andrew Wilkinson wrote on Twitter: A few months ago, as a last ditch effort, I posted on Twitter about the horrible acid reflux which I’d been suffering from for almost 10 years. I had tried just about everything. Proton pump inhibitors, dietary […]

Filed Under: peer-to-peer health care, social media Tagged With: peer-to-peer healthcare, Twitter

Assessing the quality of peer health advice

August 12, 2019 By Susannah Fox 37 Comments

Trust

“Can you really trust what you read online?” is a frequent (and valid) question about online health information, particularly peer to peer advice. People who are part of healthy peer communities sometimes scoff at the question since they see so much good coming from the opportunity to connect and share information. But how might we […]

Filed Under: patient networks, peer-to-peer health care Tagged With: Information Quality, John Grohol, peer-to-peer healthcare, Trustworthiness

We need a digital health Cajun Navy

June 10, 2019 By Susannah Fox 8 Comments

A baby with red spots on their face looks straight at the camera

The Cajun Navy – people who rally their personal boats to rescue hurricane survivors – is an example of how ordinary citizens are the true first responders in a disaster zone. Instead of seeing locals as liabilities, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has started looking for ways to support their work. As David Graham wrote in The Atlantic: […]

Filed Under: hc's problem list, peer-to-peer health care, social media Tagged With: Cajun Navy, immunizations, measles, peer-to-peer healthcare, Wendy Sue Swanson

Better health, together

May 13, 2019 By Susannah Fox 2 Comments

Peer to peer health advice: your community may really be your superpower

InquisitHealth is a company that truly understands that health is social. They are able to knit people and best practices together to create “better health, together.” What an inspiring story they share in this video about peer to peer health care! (If you are an email subscriber, be sure to click through to see this video […]

Filed Under: peer-to-peer health care Tagged With: diabetes, InquisitHealth, peer-to-peer healthcare

Public Q&A: How to connect teens with health peers

March 18, 2019 By Susannah Fox 9 Comments

A subway train speeds away from a nearly empty platform

In the spirit of Public Q&A, I am sharing a question I received from someone who helps run outreach and support programs for a disease-focused nonprofit: “In your research did you learn about what mode and types of connecting teens preferred? Did any teens express wishes for something online that they couldn’t find in terms of connecting with peers?” Essentially, […]

Filed Under: demographics, peer-to-peer health care, public Q&A Tagged With: Facebook, HopeLab Foundation, peer-to-peer healthcare, teens, Vicky Rideout, Well Being Trust

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